#A257DD#A257DD

#A257DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.201 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A257DD
RGB	rgb(162, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 54.47, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 78.59, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.1214 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.201 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3569, 19.7186, 70.5468)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A257DD #92DD57

analogous

#5F57DD #A257DD #DD57D5

triadic

#A257DD #DDA257 #57DDA2

tetradic

#A257DD #DD5F57 #92DD57 #57D5DD

square

#A257DD #DD5F57 #92DD57 #57D5DD

split-complementary

#A257DD #D5DD57 #57DD5F

monochromatic

#641F9A #852ACD #A257DD #BE8AE7 #DABDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A257DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#A257DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A257DD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A257DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A257DD	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1478E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a257dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.201 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18ae8',
    500: '#a257dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a257dd;
$custom-light: #c18ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a257dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.582,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60545,
    "c": 0.20084,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A257DD

secondary

#C5E1AE

accent

#CE1768

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A257DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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